Study the track records of the candidates (you will have to do this on news sources you like and ones you don’t like to get a balanced picture) and then vote on the merits and nothing else.

Highland County was my parents’ escape from a world that had rejected them and where they didn’t want to be. And you know what, I am glad they made this decision. I am thankful for my farm years in Highland County.

Gasoline is about $3.50 per gallon today. In 54 years, if you experience the same inflation, it will be $28.34 per gallon. Of course, some of the powers that be want you to be in an electric car or have all cars banned by then. I saw a new Camaro advertised online for $41,370. Well, that will cost you $344,985.05 54 years hence.

Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation as the director of the Secret Service is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to incompetence in government.  

Donald Trump’s bombastic style is identical to that of most of the people, developers and lawyers, who have paid my salary for the last 54 years. You might say I am used to it, and it bothers me not in the least. It comes with the territory.

Until July 13, we heard lots of unkind comments about the participants in the presidential race. While slung at both sides, the invectives tossed at President Trump have seemed to be particularly bitter. President Biden and Vice President Harris have received their share, too, but these have not seemed quite so filled with rage.

For the last 50 years or more, the Democrats visibly have had the hair stand up on the back of their necks when one even slightly suggested some of their ideas belonged in the loony bin.  

In the summer of 2023, I had this opportunity and drove to Golden, Colo. and stopped to see the LaRoshes in Kansas. I caught Mr. LaRosh at the machinery shed that day and told him my story. I gave him my business card and went on to Golden. Two days later, I am sitting on my daughter’s front porch in Golden and my phone rings.  

The media have been complicit in hiding the condition of the president before – the case of FDR’s inability to stand by himself comes to mind. But never in the modern age of cameras and microphones everywhere have they done so to such an extent since – until Joe Biden came along.

Letting competition work has saved all of us tremendously.

Decorum. If you are so inspired, let’s start using this word more frequently and teach others what it means. 

Truth be known, I would just as soon eat a hotdog as anything, but my doctor says no – no processed meats. I went to a nutritionist last week. When I described my diet to her, I thought she was going to have a heart attack. I guess two pots of coffee a day is a bit excessive.

Is this the first time we’ve experienced so much angst with the judicial system? Sadly, no. I refer you to the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, when, in the 1930s, the Supreme Court was not going his way, he attempted to stuff it with more judges that were like-minded to him. Fortunately, Congress would not go along. Would they today?

For more than 100 years, the executive branch of the federal government has made outlandish pronouncements and promises that, later, led to disasters. By executive branch, I obviously mean the president.

The Democratic Convention may be the defining moment. It would be pretty easy for President Biden to announce his retirement there, especially if he does poorly debating Trump.